Members of the Australian Parliament who have served for at least 30 years

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This is a list of Members of the Parliament of Australia who have served for at least 30 years.

Their service does not need to be continuous; broken terms are aggregated.

All these periods of service were spent in one House exclusively. A number of people have served in both the Senate and the House of Representatives,[1] but none of them to date has had an aggregate length of service to the Parliament reaching 30 years.

Those who were Father of the Senate or Father of the House of Representatives are shown. A Father of either House is the person currently serving who has served longer, continuously, than any other currently serving member of that House. Where two or more people have equal lengths of continuous service, more than any other people, they are called joint Fathers. The more senior of the Father of the House and the Father of the Senate is the Father of the Parliament. Only those Fathers who served for 30 years or more will appear in this list.

No woman yet appears on this list. Bronwyn Bishop has served in the Australian parliament longer than any other woman, in October 2014 outstripping the record of 27 years and 119 days previously held by Kathy Sullivan.[2]

Members of the Parliament who have served for at least 30 years

Name Chamber Start of service End of service Period of service Continuous
service
Father of the
Senate/House
Father of the
Parliament
Hughes, BillyBilly Hughes House of Reps 30 March 1901 28 October 1952 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Yes 1935–52 1938–52
Ruddock, PhilipPhilip Ruddock House of Reps 22 September 1973 currently serving Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Yes 1998– 1998–
Page, EarleSir Earle Page House of Reps 13 December 1919 9 December 1961 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Yes 1952–61 1952–61
Pearce, GeorgeSir George Pearce Senate 29 March 1901 30 June 1938 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Yes 1923–38
Cooper, WalterSir Walter Cooper Senate 17 November 1928
1 July 1935
30 June 1932
30 June 1968
Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. No 1965–68
Maloney, WilliamWilliam Maloney House of Reps 30 March 1904 27 August 1940 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Yes
McEwen, JohnSir John McEwen House of Reps 15 September 1934 1 February 1971 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Yes Joint Father 1963–69
Father 1969–71
Joint Father 1965–69
Father 1969–71
Makin, NormanNorman Makin House of Reps 13 December 1919
29 May 1954
14 August 1946
1 November 1963
Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. No
Brennan, FrankFrank Brennan House of Reps 8 February 1911
15 September 1934
19 December 1931
31 October 1949
Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. No
Clark, JoeJoe Clark House of Reps 15 September 1934 29 September 1969 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Yes Joint Father 1963–69 Joint Father 1965–69
Sinclair, IanIan Sinclair House of Reps 30 November 1963 31 August 1998 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Yes 1990–98 1990–98
Watkins, DavidDavid Watkins House of Reps 29 March 1901 8 April 1935 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Yes
O'Byrne, JustinJustin O'Byrne Senate 1 July 1947 30 June 1981 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Yes Joint Father 1968–71
Father 1971–81
1977–81
Howard, JohnJohn Howard House of Reps 18 May 1974 24 November 2007 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Yes
Cadman, AlanAlan Cadman House of Reps 18 May 1974 17 October 2007 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Yes
Brown, GordonGordon Brown Senate 1 July 1932 30 June 1965 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Yes Joint Father 1947–50
Father 1950–65
1963–65
Groom, LittletonSir Littleton Groom House of Reps 14 September 1901
19 December 1931
12 October 1929
6 November 1936
Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. No
Francis, JosiahSir Josiah Francis House of Reps 16 December 1922 4 November 1955 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Yes
Holt, HaroldHarold Holt House of Reps 17 August 1935 19 December 1967[3] Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Yes
Ward, EddieEddie Ward House of Reps 7 March 1931
6 February 1932
19 December 1931
31 July 1963
Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. No 1961–63 1961–63
Beazley, KimKim Beazley, Sr. House of Reps 18 August 1945 10 November 1977 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Yes 1975–77 1975–77
Daly, FredFred Daly House of Reps 21 August 1943 11 November 1975 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Yes 1972–75 1972–75
Calwell, ArthurArthur Calwell House of Reps 21 September 1940 2 November 1972 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Yes 1971–72 1971–72
McMahon, WilliamSir William McMahon House of Reps 10 December 1949 4 January 1982 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Yes Joint Father 1977–80
Father 1980–82
1981–82
Lynch, PatrickPatrick Lynch Senate 1 January 1907 30 June 1938 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Yes
Menzies, RobertSir Robert Menzies House of Reps 15 September 1934 17 February 1966 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Yes Joint Father 1963–66 Joint Father 1965–66
Boswell, RonRon Boswell Senate 5 March 1983 30 June 2014 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Yes 2008–2014
Uren, TomTom Uren House of Reps 22 November 1958 19 February 1990 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Yes 1984–90 1984–90
Scullin, JamesJames Scullin House of Reps 13 April 1910
18 February 1922
31 May 1913
31 October 1949
Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. No
Cameron, ClydeClyde Cameron House of Reps 10 December 1949 19 September 1980 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Yes Joint Father 1977–80
Jull, DavidDavid Jull House of Reps 13 December 1975
1 December 1984
5 March 1983
17 October 2007
Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. No
Lazzarini, HubertBert Lazzarini House of Reps 13 December 1919
15 September 1934
19 December 1931
1 October 1952
Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. No
Crawford, ThomasThomas Crawford Senate 1 July 1917 30 June 1947 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Yes Joint Father 1938–47
Foll, HarryHarry Foll Senate 1 July 1917 30 June 1947 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Yes Joint Father 1938–47
Watson, JohnJohn Watson Senate 1 July 1978 30 June 2008 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Yes 2005–08

See also

References

  1. Handbook of the 42nd Parliament: Members who have served in both chambers
  2. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  3. While Harold Holt has subsequently been legally deemed to have died on 17 December 1967, he was not declared presumed dead until 19 December and he is considered to have served until that date, as both a member and as Prime Minister.

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